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To: Neocon who wrote (778)	10/27/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) of 3246

Well, as far as the assembly line is concerned, Mike Dell did probably as much for manufacturing techniques as Ford, imo, but the problem is Dell's contributions are more difficult to describe and therefore Ford is the name we all will remember. If I had to choose one industry titan for the top list it would probably be Watson of IBM. Now that is a name not many know, but, he was behind IBM in its best years where it defined the information age really. Applying esoteric science to real world problems (which is what IBM did, imo) is a much more complex problem to solve vs. Fords reinvention of the car for the masses. Cars already existed and Ford invented the assembly line to make them cheaper. Ford didn't really improve on the car - whereas Jobs did improve on the current computer offerings out there. Ford is more of a Michael Dell than anything else.

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